Progression locks are bad

[Edellis]

Once again, it's not that I'M incapable of doing the encounter. It's that the encounter isn't friendly to pick up groups.

This doesn't make much sense. It's not like this situation is going to get any easier when you get to Second Coil. Groups only become harder to find, and you're still gonna get greeners or people who can't dodge or follow instructions or quit after 2 wipes when you start T6. Don't even get me started on T9.

You might as well get used to it. Get one or two players you're cool with, friend them, and build parties with them to eliminate the amount of potential feeders you get in any given party.

[technole]

You might as well get used to it. Get one or two players you're cool with, friend them, and build parties with them to eliminate the amount of potential feeders you get in any given party.

Yep, the OP is only thinking of locking content behind T5 now. Wait until he comes back for T9 with the same story.

The best solution is start getting a group together, whether it's a LS or just a close set of friends that are near the same skill level to work on the content regularly, use the same group for SCoB as well because you are going to need coordination several times again.

As for EX Primals, they already were loosened a bit by not locking Leviathan and beyond behind The Primal Focus quest.

[Eloah]

Okay, I am posting to assure the OP that some people understand what he means. He would like to be able to try the locked content since, the previous content is no longer relevant. For everyone who, I'm assuming, is having a difficult time understanding it, think of it this way. When Coil was first released, you had to progress through, T1-T4, in order, before gaining access to T5. But now, since First Coil is no longer relevant, and I'm assuming the same for Second Coil, T1-T5, and I guess T6-T9, can be done in any order, but only T5 and T9 need to be beaten to unlock the next set of turns.

While I admit it is frustrating, something like Coil or the Crystal Tower being "locked" makes a little sense, however, having the primals locked behind one another is another story. If the content is linked together in some way, like story, then having certain portions locked makes some sense to me. But if the content is stand alone, like the primal fights, they should all be accessible individually.